Lot Essay
Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (1987), p. 214 and the example sold in these Rooms on 22 June 1992, lot 218.
CIRCA 1744, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK
Details
A Meissen figure of Tartaglia from the Duke of Weissenfels series
Circa 1744, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke in a gilt-edged blue hat, puce cape, white ruff, yellow jacket and shoes and turquoise trousers, standing before a tree-stump on a shaped circular mound base applied with a flower and foliage (left forearm, right hand and thumb restuck, right little finger and left thumb restored replacements, restoration to hat, flaking to front of trousers re-touched, chipping to foliage)
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Circa 1744, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke in a gilt-edged blue hat, puce cape, white ruff, yellow jacket and shoes and turquoise trousers, standing before a tree-stump on a shaped circular mound base applied with a flower and foliage (left forearm, right hand and thumb restuck, right little finger and left thumb restored replacements, restoration to hat, flaking to front of trousers re-touched, chipping to foliage)
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high